Finger ring and the like



Aug. 21, 1934. R. T. DIEGES FINGER RING AND THE LIKE Filed Dec. 5, 1935 lNVENTOR ROBERT T015655 BY MR ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 21, 1934 FINGER RING AND THE LIKE Robert T. Dieges, New York, .N. Y., assignor to Diegesl & Clust; New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 5, 1933, Serial No. 700,952.

, 3 Claims. (01. 63-26 The invention relates to finger rings, pins or like articles'of jewelry, and more particularly to means whereby a stone or like member with superposed ornamentation may be associated therewith and in such a manner as to avoid the appearance of an assembled ring.

It has for an object the provision of a simple mounting which will obviate the necessity of drilling holes through the stone for securing anchorage thereto of an insignia plate or other ornamentation and pegging of said ornament as is the usual practice.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a mounting wherein the parts may quickly be assembled in their permanent relation and. which will admit also of the stamping of the insignia plate or ornamentation separately from the other portions of the mounting.

In carrying out the invention, the insignia plate or ornamentation is arranged to be held securely to the stone, through the medium of a holding member embracing said stone, to form a unit therewith which may then be set in a suitable socket provided by the base of the ring, the setting being effected in the usual manner by turning inwardly the upper edge of the base over the unit to not only hold the latter securely in the base but to further secure the ornamentation in its position relatively to the stone. To this end, the stone is grooved or channelled over its upper face or table, a groove being continued over the sides of a double-beveled stone as well as a short distance over the bottom in the case of a single-beveled stone. In order to allow of stamping or otherwise striking up the design 01' ornamentation, a holding member having arms or tongues designed to fit the grooves of the stone is provided and afiords a support to which the ornamentation is soldered or otherwise integrally associated.

Furthermore, the said arms or tongues are to be brought over the sides of the stone, fitting the grooves provided therein. This will insure a secure hold of the holding member with its ornamentation to the stone and will form in eifect a single unit thereof; and when the stone is set, its ornamentation will lie more nearly flush with the table of the stone.

This unit is then seated in the usual hammered setting comprising the box-like base of the ring, and the upper edge of the base is then turned inwardly over the corresponding edge of the chanically secure thereby the ornamentation thereonagainst turning and dislodgment with respect to the stone. r

The nature of the invention, however, will best be understood when described in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a ring embodying the novel mounting.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the ring, and taken on the line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the stone to which the ornament is'to be attached.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the holding member with attached ornament.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the unit comprising the stone and the ornamentation.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the stone taken on the line 66, Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing, the invention is shown as embodied in a ring comprising the enlarged or base portion 10 integral with the shank 11 of 'the ring. The former, in accordance with the invention, is provided with a socket or box 12 open at the top, and, preferably, also at the bottom, the bearing 13 supporting the stone 14 in the usual manner.

The said stone 14 may be of any desired shape, and the box will be constructed accordingly to accommodate the same. The perimeter or upper edge of the stone may be beveled as at 15 for receiving the upper edge 16 of the base or box which is turned inwardly to set the stone therein in the usual manner, as by hammering the outer edge of the base over the said beveled edge 15 of the stone, the table 17 of the stone being elevated somewhat above the top of the box retaining it.

In accordance with the invention, the table 1'7 of the stone 14 is designed to be covered in part by a design plate or ornamentation 18 which must be securely held to prevent dislodgment relatively to the table. To this end, the latter is provided with a pair of grooves or channels 19 shown as directed entirely across the same longitudinally and transversely thereof and at right angles to each other, and extending also over the corresponding sides of the stone, as at 20, in-

cluding the lower portion 21 of the double-beveled side. These grooves or channels are designed to receive a holding member comprising arms 22 crossed at right angles to each other and fitting within the corresponding grooves 19, being bent also over the sides of the stone and turned under the bevel thereof to embrace said stone, anchoring the holding member and in holes through the former for receiving holdingv pegs to extend from the latter; and when the unit is properly set in the box or base as hereinbefore set forth, the setting has a finished appearance and the ornamentation is doubly secured against dislodgment relatively to the table of the stone. Furthermore, in embodiments of the ring with open top and bottom box, no pegs will be visible, as in the usual construction, having the bottom of the stone exposed.

I claim: a

1. A gem setting, comprisinga box-like base, a stone set therein having achannel extending over its face and opposite sides, a holding member fitting in the channel and having integrally secured thereto an ornamentation, the upper edge of the base being turned over the top edge of the stone and a portion of the holding memher.

2. A gem setting, comprising a box-like base, a stone set therein having a cross-channelled face and the channels extending over the sides of the stone, 'a holding member comprising crossed arms adapted to embrace the stone in fitting in the channels and having integrally secured thereto an ornamentation, the upper edge of the basebeing turned over the top edge of the stone. Y

3. A gem setting, comprising a box-like base, a stone'set thereinhaving a beveled upper edge and a channelled'face and sides, a. holding member compr'isingcrossed arms adapted to embrace the stonein fitting in the channels and having integrallysecured thereto an ornamentation, the

upperedge of thebase being turned over the top beveled edge of the stone and bent-over portions of the arms. l Y ROBERT T. DIEGES. 

